Friday, October 2, 2009

Friday TV Comments

Getting a lot of email on all kinds of Friday topics from John Roberts' hair to the Hendrick team having some cars excluded from competition.

Let's focus all the comments on this post as the remaining NASCAR TV partners go through the day. Both ESPN and SPEED have a variety of live and same day delay programs running through 8PM ET. The complete schedule is on the right side of the TDP main page.

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JD- Thank you. I always enjoy TDP and the thoughtful comments here. I also never cease to be amazed and entertained by the pictures. I really appreciate the time and insight you apply in choosing them - and you never can have too many pictures of Carolina fan DJ in a Duke blue shirt.

Here's my overview of this weekend's on-track coverage:No, ESPN absolutely does not deserve to cover either qualifying or final practice, just like they don't deserve to cover NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing, especially when final practice is going to be tape-delayed in favor of college football when final practice should be covered live! SPEED, who has covered final practice live and as it happens all season long, should have all practice sessions and qualifying, since they are stellar at covering on track activities and have a good balance at covering most of the drivers on the racetrack (not just the Top 12 in points), while ESPN (or should I say BSPN!) continues to just be Top 12 in points only and singing their praises for Jimmie Johnson (I respect the guy, but ENOUGH WITH THE WORSHIPPING BSPN!) WHICH IS GOING TO DRIVE EVERYONE AWAY FROM THE SPORT! As a matter of fact, since the Brickyard, I have not even bothered to tune to ESPN's lackluster Sprint Cup coverage not one single bit. Why? BECAUSE THE IDIOTS OF ESPN WERE PUTTING ME TO SLEEP AND HAD ME YELLING AT MY TV WITH THEIR SAME NONSENSE LAST YEAR!!!!!!There's no excuse for it! How many on-track activities should ESPN cover? None! How many on-track activities should SPEED cover? ALL OF THEM! While SPEED continues to be coverage of the action on the track, ESPN continues to covering the action on the track with graphics and full screen nonsense! It really is obvious that the clear favorite to cover all on-track activities for Sprint Cup is NASACR on SPEED!

P.S. The reason I put capital letters (yelling) was to show my frustration and hatred towards, and how mad and angry I am at ESPN/ABC, especially after last year. I made a very good decision for myself to turn away from my TV (except for SPEED) after Chicago, being the absolute disrespect ESPN/ABC shows towards NASCAR, with the crap that they have and refuse to fix. Unless something changes with this TV coverage before the year's over (not next year, not during the offseason, not after the contract expires, now!), I refuse to turn to my TV, except SPEED, for the toilet network that is ESPN. There's no room for stupid, and stupid is who ESPN is. ESPN = The Worldwide Leader in Sports? More like:ESPN = THE WORLDWIDE DISGRACE OF NASCAR TV! SHAME ON YOU BRIAN FRANCE!!!!!

I cannot stand when ESPN handles qualifying. Since it's obvious they really don't care much about Nascar, why not let Speed handle all the pre-race activities?

And another question: Why, oh why, can't ESPN get their stuff together and start programs when they're supposed to? I come home wanting to see Tivo'd shows, but wind up with God knows what because ESPN can't schedule properly.